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Commission Decision 98/320/EC on the organisation of a temporary experiment on seed sampling and seed testing pursuant to Council Directives 66/400/EEC, 66/401/EEC, 66/402/EEC and 69/208/EEC.

Country/Territory
European Union
Document type
Legislation
Date
1998
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Official Journal L 140, 12 May 1998, pp. 14–16.
Subject
Cultivated plants
Keyword
Planting material/seeds Certification Data collection/reporting Plant production
Geographical area
European Union Countries
Abstract

Pursuant to Directives 66/400/EEC, 66/401/EEC, 66/402/EEC and 69/208/EEC, seed can be officially certified only where the conditions to be fulfilled by the seed have been established in official seed testing on samples of seed drawn officially for the purpose of seed testing. The present Decision organizes at Community level an experiment of a temporary character with a view to assessing whether seed sampling for the purpose of seed testing and seed testing under official supervision may constitute or not improved alternatives to the procedures for official seed certification required by the above-mentioned Directive, without a significant decline in the quality of seed. Any Member State is allowed to participate in the experiment. Member States participating in it shall be therefore released from the obligations established under the Directives aforementioned. Seed sampling and seed testing shall be carried out by seed samplers and seed testing laboratories authorized for that purpose by the competent seed certification authority of the Member State concerned (art. 2 and 3). Seed sampling and seed testing shall be performed in accordance with current international methods. Member States shall report annually to the Commission the results of the checks carried out in accordance with these provisions.

Full text
English
Website
europa.eu

References - Legislation

Implemented by

Ministerial Decree No. 347 implementing Commission Decision of 27 April 1998 on the organisation of a temporary experiment on seed sampling and seed testing pursuant to Council Directives 66/400/EEC, 66/401/EEC, 66/402/EEC and 69/208/EEC.

Legislation | Italy | 1999

Keyword: Certification, Planting material/seeds, Crops/grasses, Access-to-information, Plant production

Source: FAO, FAOLEX